Garment



Marci 20, 1934. M. B. GODARD GARMENT Filed Jan. 3, 1933 2 Sheets-Sheet l INvizN'l-u March 20, 1934; GODARD 1,951,478

GARMENT Filed Jan. :5, 1933 '2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Mar. 20, 1934 PATENT OFFICE GARMENT Mary B. Godard, Brookline, Mass.

Application January 3,

3 Claims.

This invention relates especially, although not exclusively, to body garments of the coat or jacket type and has for its general object to provide a compound or three-in-one garment comprising two parts or portions each of which can be worn separately as a complete garment independently of the other, or which can, at the option of the wearer, be so combined as to constitute a single garment of greater weight and warmth.

The more particular objects of the invention, together with means whereby the latter may be carried into effect, will best be understood from the following description of a preferred embodiment thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings. It will also be understood, however, that the particular construction described and shown has been chosen for purposes of exemplification merely, and that the invention, as defined by the claims hereunto appended, may be 20 otherwise embodied without departure from its spirit and scope.

In said drawings:

Fig. 1 is an elevation illustrating the garment, or the outer portion thereof, in use.

Fig. 2 is a similar View illustrating how the inner portion can be worn alone as a complete garment.

Fig. 3 is an interior view of the outer portion.

Fig. 4 is a similar view showing the inner por- 30 tion secured in place within the outer portion to constitute a lining for the latter.

Fig. 5 is a fragmentary detail view of certain of the fastening devices in position to be assembled.

Fig. 6 is a similar view showing such devices assembled.

The outer portion 10 of the garment, which is herein shown as in the form of a short jacket, is preferably composed of suede or similar light and 40 pliable leather but may, if preferred, be composed of canvas or other fabric. It constitutes in itself a complete garment and may be worn as such, as indicated in Fig. 1, and is provided at its free or .meeting edges with suitable complementary fastening devices, generally indicated at 11, for securing said edges together. Said fastening devices may comprise buttons, clasps, snap fasteners or the like, but are preferably of the completely separable interlocking type described in the patent to Dalton, No. 1,832,005, November 17, 1931. Such fastening devices (see particularly Figs. 5 and 6) comprise interengageable hook members 12 on the respective edges to be secured together, and a slide member 13 for engaging or disengaging said hook members, said 1933, Serial No. 649,869

slide member, when the parts are completely separated, being carried by one of the edges which is also provided with an eye 9, the other edge being provided with a pin 8 which, when the parts are to be connected, is inserted through the slide member and into the eye.

The inner portion 14 of the garment, which is herein shown as in the form of a sleeveless vest, is preferably, although not necessarily, composed of closely woven woolen or other textile fabric. It likewise constitutes in itself a complete garment and may be worn as such, as shown in Fig. 2. Its free or meeting edges are also provided with complementary fastening devices 15 and 16, respectively, which may also be of any suitable character, but which are preferably of the same type as those employed for the outer portion 10.

Adjacent their upper edges, and at the inner side of the outer portion, the outer and inner portions are provided with complementary fastening devices whereby said portions may be secured together at the top. As herein shown, said fastening devices comprise buttons 17 sewed on the inside of the outer portion 10 near the collar of the latter and button holes 18 at the upper edge of the inner portion 14. The outer portion 10 is also provided on the inside, and adjacent its free or meeting edges, with fastening devices 19 and 20 (see Fig. 3) which are complementary respectively to the fastening devices 15 and 16 at the free or meeting edges of the inner portion 14. By engaging the fastening devices 17-18, 15--l9, and 16-20, the inner portion 14 may be secured in place within the outer. portion 10 to constitute a lining for the latter, as shown in Fig. 4. In the particular embodiment of the invention shown, the fastening device 15 on the right edge of the inner portion 14 carries a slide member 13a and eye 9a to receive a pin 8a on the fastening device 16 on the left edge of said portion when said portion 14 is worn alone; while the fastening device 19 adjacent the left edge of the outer portion 10 is provided with a pin 8b engageable with the slide member 13a. and eye 9a, and the fastening device 20 adjacent the right edge of said outer portion carries a slide member 13b and an eye 9b to receive the pin 8a when said portion 14 is secured with in the portion 10. The fastening device at the right edge of the inner portion can therefore cooperate only with that adjacent the left edge of the outer portion and vice versa.

It will thus be noted that the fastening devices 15 and 16, which are employed to secure the inner portion in place about the person of the 1-10 wearer when worn alone, are also utilized, at least in part, to secure said portion in place within the outer portion when used as a, lining for the latter. It will also be noted that in the particular construction shown the arrangement of the several fastening devices is such that the inner portion is secured in place in the outer portion in reversed position, or inside out, that is to say, with the face of the inner portion which constitutes.

the outside of said portion when worn alone facing inwardly of the outer portion when used as a lining for the latter, and with the inner faces of the respective portions disposed toward one another. In this way, the finished face of the inner portion is exposed at the inside of the outer portion, and the unfinished faces of both portions concealed, thereby improving the appearance of the combined garment when used as such. Also, any exterior pockets, such as 21, with which the portion 14 may be provided, are available as inside pockets for the combined garment.

While by no means limited in its utility to such purposes, the compound garment above described is particularly advantageous for travellers, campers, sportsmen, and the like in order to reduce necessary baggage to a minimum, since what is, in effect, a single article of clothing provides a heavy lined jacket for use in cold or stormy weather, a lighter jacket for use in warmer or wet weather, and a vest which can be worn either alone over a shirt or under an ordinary coat. It will be observed that the principle upon which the hereindescribed compound or three-in-one garment is based is not limited in its application to garments of the particular type shown and described, but that, with such modifications as will readily suggest themselves to those skilled in the art, the invention, as defined by the following claims, may be equally well applied to other garments of a wide variety of types.

I claim:

1. A compound garment comprising a portion constituting a complete garment and adapted to be worn alone as such, a second portion likewise constituting a complete garment and having along its free edges complementary fastening devices for securing said edges together when said second portion is worn alone, and fastening devices adjacent the edges of and within said first named portion and cooperating respectively with the fastening devices at the free edges of said second portion for securing the latter in place within said first named portion to constitute a lining therefor.

2. A compound garment comprising a portion constituting a complete garment and adapted to be worn alone as such, a second portion likewise constituting a complete garment and having along its free edges complementary fastening devices for securing the same in place about the person of the wearer when worn alone, and means carried by said first named portion and cooperating with said securing means of said second portion for securing said second portion in place within said first named portion to constitute a lining for the latter.

3. A compound garment comprising a portion constituting a complete garment and adapted to be worn alone as such, a second portion likewise constituting a complete garment and having along its free right and left edges respectively complementary fastening devicesfor securing the same in place about the person of the wearer when worn alone, and fastening devices adjacent the left and right edges of said first named portion and complementary to and only to the fastening devices along the right and left edges respectively of said second portion to secure the latter in place in reversed position only within said first named portion to constitute a lining therefor.

MARY B. GODARD. 

